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05.23.05 FACULTY AND STAFF CAMPAIGN PARTICIPANT GIVES, RECEIVES
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Marcia Caldwell, an administrative assistant in The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources dean’s office, is something of a legend at the school. Spending 39 years in the same place will do that.
“The school means a lot to me,” she says. “That’s why I’m still here.”
And she means a lot to the school. The line of faculty, staff, and students in front of her desk forms early and lasts late, as she deftly answers questions and fields multiple requests. Students appreciate her ongoing efforts so much that they named the school’s annual award for dedication to students after her; of the award’s surprise launch in 1997, she says, “I was really honored by the award, and it was the only time someone managed to pull the wool over my eyes.”
Marcia Caldwell gives more than her time and talents to RSENR students. She is also a supporter of The Campaign for the University of Vermont, a $250 million fundraising effort intended to help UVM seize “the greatness within our grasp” by raising funds for new scholarships, faculty support, and improved facilities. Since 1999, she has given generously to the Lawrence Forcier Scholarship fund, which was created to honor the former dean’s commitment to students.
“It’s a very worthy fund,” she explains. “Students pay a lot to get an education at UVM. Anything we can do to help with tuition is important to me. I finally found out, when this fund was established, that I could target my gift to a specific cause or school at UVM — one that I believed in.”
The UVM Faculty and Staff Campaign Committee is working diligently to encourage more University affiliates to join in the campaign. The Faculty and Staff “Giving Back to Our Community” Campaign runs through June 30, and the primary goal of the effort is to encourage broad participation. Having the University’s faculty and staff participate in the campaign, development staff say, is a powerful message to the University’s other supporters that the people most familiar with the institution enthusiastically endorse the strategic vision and the campaign’s focus on support for student scholarships.
The Campaign for the University of Vermont, through April, has raised more than $190 million, or 76 percent of the campaign goal.
This article is based on a story by Shari Halik that originally appeared in The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources Alumni News.
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